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@Rsquared - ^^^ that shiit right there is CyberDyne Systems, in it's beginning, brother... 🤪 And we're watching it happen?... Democrats control elections now, through technology (Dominion, as a reminder for the slower kids in the class) - can you imagine them, controlling voting forever now, and controlling some shiit like this?!!? Fuckin' Skeery...

Check it, brother - more real than we imagine right now?... https://sofrep.com/news/army-research-laboratory-adopts-biohybrid-technology/?utm_campaign=U.S. Army Drill Sergeant Found Dead on Highway (Xf5nqt)&utm_medium=email&utm_source=SOFREP - Highly Engaged&_ke=eyJrbF9jb21wYW55X2lkIjogIkhWUzNDYSIsICJrbF9lbWFpbCI6ICJyZ3JoYXJ0bGV5QGhvdG1haWwuY29tIn0%3D Army No More Wimpy Robots: Army Adopts Revolutionary Biohybrid Technology by J. W. Sotak 4 days ago A new initiative from the United States Army’s Combat Capabilities Development Command Army Research Laboratory is seeking to build the next generation of battlefield robots. But unlike drones or first-generation four-legged robots like the Army’s Legged Locomotion and Movement Adaptation, or LLAMA, these new robots will fuse robot technology with actual muscle fibers. The goal, according to a recently-released video on the technology, is to develop a class of more agile and dynamic robots capable of operating in a wider range of environments and applications. This program falls under a relatively new scientific approach to robotics called Biohybrid Robotics. Simply put, Biohybrid Robotics can be thought of as the inverse of a cyborg, or cybernetic organism. Where a cyborg is an entity consisting largely of biological material that is enhanced by technology, the majority of a biohybrid robot is technological but enhanced by biological material. In this case, the Army Research Laboratory (ARL) is hoping to replace mechanical actuators — which are inherently limited in their output — with muscle fibers that can adjust and evolve to meet the challenges of a dynamic battlespace. Although the application of biohybrid technology is still years away, experts believe it could be a breakthrough for robotics and the battlefield. Dr. Dean Culver, a research scientist at ARL, believes that biohybrids will be able to support soldiers in a much more comprehensive way because they’ll be able to overcome environmental anomalies much better than traditional robots. “One obstacle that faces ground-based robots today is an inability to instantly adjust or adapt to unstable terrain,” Culver said. “Muscle actuation, though certainly not solely responsible for it, is a big contributor to animals’ ability to navigate uneven and unreliable terrain.” Biohybrid technology could allow robots to adjust their “envelope” or their overall body shape, making it easier for them to maneuver in tight spaces, or in real-time on a battlefield with evolving obstacles. “Similarly, flapping wings and flying organisms’ ability to reconfigure their envelope gives them the ability to dart here and there even among branches. In multi-domain operations, this kind of agility and versatility means otherwise inaccessible areas are now viable, and those options can be critical to the U.S. military’s success.” Biohybrid technology has largely been an academic enterprise. A report on biohybrids from 2019 cites several university programs, including a Harvard team, that successfully created a biohybrid fish capable of swimming like a ray, and a Tokyo University group that designed small, finger-like biohybrids. But with ARL picking up the biohybrid ball, the technology is sure to get a boost. Tissue-engineered soft robotic ray that’s controlled with light. (Karaghen Hudson and Michael Rosnach, CC BY-ND) In general, robotics have become a large part of defense spending in recent years. In 2019 alone, a single Massachusetts-based robotics research company earned over $160 million in defense spending. Large defense contractors, like FLIR, are the go-to firms when the Army needs a new toy. NASA is also getting in on the biohybrid action. In a report from 2019, NASA researchers explained how biohybrids could be revolutionary when it comes to space exploration. The goal would be to use biohybrids “in situations that are ‘dangerous, dirty, or dull,'” and to “help keep astronauts safe and productive while conducting their lives in space and other planetary bodies.” These biologically-enhanced robots could begin to replace animals still serving in the ranks. Military Working Dogs, for example, while extremely good at detecting drugs, explosives, or humans, are susceptible to the dangers of the battlefield. And, just like the noble war-horse, dogs and other highly trained animals — like those trained under the Navy’s Marine Mammal Program — will undoubtedly be phased out in favor of machines which can work longer, harder and don’t require food, water and specialized care. A research team extensively tests the Canine Auditory Protection System headgear with military working dogs and federal law enforcement working dogs, for wearability, usability, and comfort. The team also measures hearing protection effectiveness during helicopter operations and found a significant reduction in short-term hearing loss. (Zeteo Tech) But Army robots are still highly limited and cannot perform the way a well-trained animal can. They are, essentially, remote-controlled devices that are unilateral in their application. “Though impressive in their own right, today’s robots are deployed to serve a limited purpose then are retrieved some minutes later,” said Culver. “ARL wants robots to be versatile teammates capable of going anywhere Soldiers can and more, adapting to the needs of any given situation.” Dr. Culver believes that by equipping robots with biological material, they could come to contend with and eventually outperform military animals. “Organisms outperform engineered robots in so many ways,” he says. “Why not use biological components to achieve those remarkable capabilities?”

Oh, I already fired that mechanic. I'm looking for a new one now...

I knew you'd be in here, brother...

Ah shiit, here we go again!...

Math lesson - as soon as you fuckers can run these calculations, I can RETIRE and stop answering questions!...

Well, where do you think I get my gas port data from, brother? Calculating bore size for an engine. That's how I come up with all that shiit, in the first place. First is what works, second is calculating bore size on what works - it's just a smaller bore, in a gas port - but the math is the same. If the dwell time is the same, and gas block diameter increases, then it's like calculating a stroker engine. Literally. Bore x Bore x Stroke x 0.7854. Done. If you want the same size "engine" in a gas port, but the gas block diameter increased, that's a longer "stroke" if you were building an engine. You need to make the "cylinder" smaller, which would be the gas port in this case. To have the "same size engine" - and keep the same gas pressure... It's all math. Eugene Stoner figured out the physics on it - just apply his physics (and math) of the operations that really work, modify the math for the different shiit, and your gun runs.

@MR308 - Read this thread, when you have the time:

1. I'd switch that "midlength gas system" right away, since they're building your barrel. Midlength Gas System is AR-15, and not .308AR. There's a distinct Height-Over-Bore difference between the two, and using AR-15 gas tubes on .308ARs, with the higher Height-Over-Bore, means that you're "bending" the AR-15 gas tube up, to make it enter that .308AR upper receiver. Not significant - but significant, in the details. Have them make your gas port location for the Armalite AR-10 CARBINE Gas Tube... And run the Armalite AR-10 Carbine Gas Tube in the gun. It's got the proper Height-Over-Bore for a large-frame upper receiver, and it's actually a touch LONGER than the AR-15 Midlength Gas tube. AR-15 Midlength gas tubes measure out at 11 3/4". Armalite AR-10 Carbine gas tubes are 12 1/16" long... 2. This is all gonna come down to how heavy the projectiles are that you're gonna shoot, and what you realistically want this gun to do. You're building a 14.5" gun. How FAR do you want it to shoot? I'd bang steel at 850 yards with a 14.5" .308AR, but I wouldn't HUNT that distance with it. I've got 12.5" and 13.5" .308ARs, and they will go to the 850 target and hit it, repeatedly. I wouldn't hunt either one of them past 300 yards, though. They both only eat (my old handloads) of Hornady 178gr BTHP projectiles, and my new load of the Hornady 178gr ELD-X projectile. Both are 1:10" twist barrels. Your logic is right on the money, I commend you - shorter barrels usually need more twist rate, to keep up with longer barrels AND heavier projectiles. The shorter you go for the Heavy, make the twist rate faster... And that works, out to max distances. If you're not handloading heavies, and just buying off the shelf ammo, then what's the heaviest ammo that you use in the gun? That's really gonna determine how far you can accurately shoot the gun... And that comes down to your realistic expectations of that you want this gun to really do... If you're going for distance with it, on steel or paper, then you need to be shooting the heavies. Faster wist rate will help. If you want to hunt it, to max hunting distances,with heavies, then twist rate will help. But, If I can hit a steel target that's 18" wide by 26" tall, at 850 yards, with a 12.5" barrel and a 13.5" barrel - running 178gr handloads - then a 14.5" barrel will do the same, with the heavies. State the objective for the gun, first, and we can line out the type of ammo that you're going to need to use to shoot that... Hope that makes sense... '3. Never gonna happen. I think @DNP's pic above, of a 16" barrel with Rifle Gas is the best example of that, on this entire planet. There just isn't enough barrel on a 14.5" setup to even think about Rifle Gas. Armalite AR-10 Carbine Gas System is the best way to go here. I can get pics up of the 12.5" and 13.5", if you need them. The 12.5" is running a custom 11.000" gas tube, and the 13.5" is running AR-10 Carbine Gas.

Pulled the jug tonight. Big-end bearing on the connecting rod is GOOD! Hell, even the wristpin bearing is still good, but I'll put a new one in there anyway - for another $12, it's nuts not to. The carbon fiber reeds in the Boyesen RAD Valve are still excellent, so they don't need replaced, either. Not even any heat damage on the bottom side of the piston. This was all Detonation that did this, because Dumbass used 91 instead of mixing 2:3 of the 110 Racegas:91 Octane...

Oh, here we go. This just got Spicy. Tell about your stint with USAF Special Operations Forces. Please expound, @LGA

Well done @LGA. Don't know what you were trying to do - but I don't think you know what you were trying to do, either... Kudos, on whatever it was.

@youknowme - since we know you, already, make an intro thread. I already started it for you, so you just have to reply, and tell us about yourself.

You think I would risk that bike, and the parachute on it?! No way, man. It WOULD do it - launch me to the moon! I wouldn't trust the parachute on that bike, to even try it. There's no way I can replace that bike, for what I have in it. It's a SKEERY Ripper! I need my Depends on to even ride that motherfucker.

Joined last Friday, last visit last Saturday. Guarantee he'll be back, and shiit a Rabid Monkey straight out of his ass, and just go off. On all of us.

Lots of information across the World Wide Web about the PSA Fan-Bois saying you need an adjustable gas block - because they don't know how to fix the Recoil System, nor their Gas System. You don't need an adjustable gas block - unless you'll supress it, like Rex stated. Adjustable gas blocks are Band-Aids for fucked up Recoil Systems and Gas Systems, in non-suppressed guns. Or, strictly for use in Race Guns, to tune a specific custom load for competition. Otherwise, they're just a Band-Aid for wrong shiit in your gun. No suppressor? No Race Gun that you're making money with? Waste of time AND money. Don't Complicate Shiit, with Complicated Shiit...

Sadly, all the torque specs to put this engine back together used to be in my head. I'll probably have to look them up again to get this bastard back together. If I don't put the piston in backwards...

THAT IS FUCKIN' SICK!!! He even had a chute on the bike, so it didn't burn in!!! That looks like the big hill in Dumont Dunes, too. I'd be down to do that - but no way would I risk this 2-stroke. Nope. I'd need a junker bike to run that madness. Pull something like that on a holiday weekend out at Glamis - up north - people would lose their shiit!...

If you put it on the other way, it would be mounted on the upper receiver - and not on the upper receiver for one bolt, and the handguard for the other bolt. I'm just sayin'... it's backwards. The mount. too easy to turn the scope around. It works better that way, as designed, and eats recoil better, the way it's designed. Just my $0.02 on it.

"OH FUK!!! I can't BELIEVE I'm getting EVICTED!!!"...

^^^ I second that. I recognize that one on the left as a Blonde. I don't know anything about kangaroos, either.

That's SkyNet. CyberDyne Systems. Tell me I'm wrong...

That's some piss-poor advice, right there. You Don't Complicate Shiit with Complicated Shiit. Hydraulic "buffers" are what lifters are - leave them in a pushrod engine, where they're submersed in oil. Not in a firearm. Being in the Major Japanese/US motorcycle industry - how many Major Japanese/US motorcycles still use pushrod engines with hydraulic lifters?... Chew on that, from your experience...

Well, that's good, Vespa is Italian. But you worked for Japanese motorcycle companies? I've worked for Suzuki, Honda, Kawasaki, Yamaha (all Japanese) , Polaris, Arctic Cat, Harley, Victory, and Indian (US companies) Can-Am (Canadian)... Done all of them... And the gun business doesn't have a damn thing to do with the motorcycle or powersports industry, in any way, shape or form. That's not comparing your "experience" to "apples and oranges" here. That's trying to compare your experience to "apples and Hammers..." Where do you think your customer service - like, you were on a CALL LINE for them? - compares to the gun industry?... I'm just curious - because it looks like I'm in the same industry that you say you're in...

Hit up Armalite - call them on the phone, and talk to a human there. They can probably hook you up.